can u honestly belief right now santa is real?

turn on a switch and ur convinced santa is real?

then u cant choose it

can u

same for ge and fe

u see stuff and at some point ur brain basically says ok i seen so much evidence for this side that i believe this now

u can choose what evidence u seek tho

exactly

but u cant beliefe it without the evidence

so u cant choose it freely

correct

u can also be convinced of things for good or bad reasons

yea

yea

u can choose what u look into

and what u look into influences ur beliefs correct

but also what u look into also depends on interests and already held convictions

but if u beliefe that homeopathie works from personal experience (placebo effect) then u can be convinced there is something wrong with medicine and u would be convinced for bad reasons which have to be pointed out to u

also u need to be clever enough to really understand it

not necessary

we tend to give credence to what we read first but it also depends on already held beliefs

if u already know a lot of science the books have different impact on u

(parents + religion) is a good example

at that point its basically ur parents who decide for u tho

or school ciriculum/teacher

anyway im somewhat interested in fe for this reason of differing beliefs

its quite eye opening

no

but i seariously tryed to think like fe in point of how do i know this if i discard second hand knowledge

and if ur at that point i can understand there pov

its not easy to find an experiment everone can do that shows this clearly

and then u got plenty of strawman arguments

yes?

i dont think so

i asked some about space x and if they manage

basically

if u have 50000€ u can know fe is false/true for fact

just travel to south pole when sun is supposed to shine 24/7

and if sun does

fe has a problem